So, there is this race from Sydney to Melbourne in Australia.  It is a 543.7 mile race, and it takes 5 days to finish.  In 1983, this 61 year old named Cliff Young entered the race.  He told reporters (who were interviewing him because he looked out of place next to all these hardened athletes) that he thought he could win the race because when he was a boy on his farm he had to round up 2,000 sheep on 2,000 acres, and he never used horses or tractors or anything.

Normal athletes would run 18 hours, sleep 6, run again, etc.  Not Cliff.  He ran (well… shuffled… see he didn’t run like other athletes either… he did this shuffle run instead) straight through.  He overtook the other runners the last night, while they were asleep and won the race.  When they gave him $10,000, he was shocked, because he didn’t know there was a prize for winning, so he gave the money to other runners.

He ran the race again the next year and took 7th due to a dislocated hip.  When he was 76, he also attempted to run the entire Australian border but had to drop out after 6,520 KM (about 40%) because his only crew member became ill.

He died in 2003.  I’m not sure how, but my guess wasn’t obesity.

Anyway, this guy, who has been dead for 7 years, is surely tougher then me.

Source: Nate and here.